CAIR Asks Calif. Radio Station to Reprimand Anti-Muslim Hosts
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/2/2009) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on a San Francisco, Calif., radio station to reprimand two talk show hosts for a recent segment in which they mocked Islam, misstated Muslim beliefs and cast suspicion on political participation by American Muslims.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]
CA: Islamic Laws of Finance a Cushion in Hard Times
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RI: Priest Won’t Recant Her Faith in Islam
The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, the Episcopal priest who has been told by Rhode Island Bishop Geralyn Wolf that she had until the end of March to recant her faith in Islam or face expulsion from the Episcopal priesthood, said Tuesday she still has no intention of doing so and realizes that by dawn Wednesday […]
Incitement Watch: WY Letter Writer Claims Muslims Will Be Taking Over
Please write a short letter to the editor in response to the misinformed letter below. Letters should be addressed to “Letters Editor” and should be less than 250 words. As always, remain polite. To: Daniel Sandoval, Letters Editor – daniel.sandoval@trib.com Copy to: Kerry Drake, Opinion Editor – kerry.drake@trib.com From the Casper, Wyoming Star Tribune: Editor: […]
IL: Dunkin’ Donuts Operator Gives Up Franchise in Pork Battle
An Arab-American owner of a Chicago-area Dunkin’ Donuts store has to give up his franchise after he lost his long-running legal battle with the restaurant chain over his religious objections to selling pork products. A lawyer for Walid Elkhatib said Tuesday that his client is in the process of removing Dunkin’ Donuts signs from his […]
CAIR-MN: Gold’n Plump Settlement Paves Way for Religious Accommodation
(ST. PAUL, MN, 04/1/08) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today announced that more religious accommodation complaints may be resolved after Muslim workers’ bias suits against a Minnesota-based poultry company were settled. On Tuesday, a federal judge approved a $1.35 million religious discrimination settlement against Gold’n Plump Inc. As part […]
CAIR-IL: Pulido’s ‘Muslim Friend’ Withdraws Endorsement
In her recent note on the right-wing website Free Republic, 5th Congressional District GOP candidate Rosanna “Chicagolady” Pulido apologized for her inflammatory comments in that forum over the years, acknowledging that her racist and homophobic statements (which she simply described as “stupid”) had hurt even some of her own supporters. To wit, Pulido described her […]
Surveilling for Clues of Evil Intent
The Soviet Union had its KGB, East Germany had its Stasi, and the United States should profit by those examples. It should abandon fusion centers that engage 800,000 state and local law enforcement officers in the business of gathering and sharing purported domestic or international terrorism intelligence. The vast majority conceive this task as synonymous […]
ACLU Calls for Internal DHS Investigations on Fusion Centers
WASHINGTON – April 1 – As a Homeland Security Subcommittee in the House held a hearing on fusion centers today, the American Civil Liberties Union reiterated its vast concerns that these entities provide huge risks to Americans’ privacy rights. After testifying last week before the same committee – the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information […]
FBI Director Questioned about Muslim Relations
The controversy over reports of an FBI informant infiltrating southern California mosques and the FBI’s overall conduct toward American Muslims were subjects of a Senate hearing last month, generating vague answers from FBI Director Robert Mueller and generating even more concern in a community already feeling fearful and unfairly targeted in a post-9/11 era. In […]